Crucial day for Arena Baixada in Curitiba

As a crucial day looms in the build-up to Brazil's hosting of this summer's World Cup, one of its biggest sports news websites has suggested that the furore surrounding the stadium in Curitiba will be dealt with in a positive light, and the city's scheduled fixture list will remain.

Lancenet.com appear confident that the Arena de Baixada, home of Atletico Paranaense, will get the green light to continue its preparations for the year ahead, saving an enormous upheaval in terms of player and fan logistics.

Loans are said to have been secured by local authorities to increase the workload at the troubled site, yet it will all become clearer today when FIFA delegates- including stadiumconsultant Charles Botta- make an announcement on one of the longest-running World Cup construction debates that has ever happened.